30 April 1839 John Rankine and Strathalbyn By Alison Painter.

The Discovery and Settlement of the Fleurieu Peninsula and the Angas/Bremer Region 1802–1861 By Rob Linn.
This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no.14, 1986, pp.51-66.

The River Murray region of South Australia – a short history By Susan Marsden.
Susan Marsden, Part 1.2 ‘Regional history’, in John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden of Heritage Investigations assisted by Peter Donovan of Donovan and Associates, Heritage of the River Murray (South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan Regional Heritage Survey Series: Region 5), SA Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide 1985.